News Round-Up: February 4, 2022

Some news items you might have missed: • HuffPost: After more than a year of being berated by Donald Trump (and threatened by his cultists), former Vice President Mike Pence publicly denounced Trump’s claim that Pence could have “overturned” the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/HuffPostPol/status/1489704512025776131 • New York Times: Sara Ramirez doesn’t really relate to Che, the polarizing character in “And Just Like That.” But the actor is “really proud of the representation that we’ve created.” • Men’s Variety: The men’s website with a focus on better living offers these five suggestions for greater intimacy in the bedroom via mindfulness. • Kenneth-in-the-212: Check out Kenneth’s weekly round-up of the what’s what in LGBTQ publications like Christopher Cote covering Wire Magazine. • USA Today: Southwest Airlines will resume the sale of alcoholic beverages on Feb. 16 after a nearly two-year absence due to COVID-19 concerns. That will leave American Airlines as the only major U.S. airline not serving alcohol in economy. • NBC Sports: U.S. national champion Nathan Chen began the Beijing Olympics by placing the U.S. figure skating team in first with a personal-best 111.71 points — the second-highest score ever recorded in the short program. https://youtu.be/dXKEMQIFsW8